very fast and very scary, I can't escape and become their dinner.

They wouldn't understand me...

Zombies and high heels - две несовместимые вещи.

Is it true that men and women are different from each other? You can say that, but we will return to this topic later. However, at first glance, there are many arguments in favor of the fact that we really live on different planets.

First of all, shops. Most women love to shop. Sometimes they don't even need to buy anything. They like to just watch. I hate to watch. And most men do too. The only stores we like to look at are bookshops and electronics stores. Everything else makes us sad.

Secondly, there are millions of variants of the same conversation that takes place every day in cafes, living rooms, bedrooms and cars, when you ask a question that sooner or later arises for each of us:

- Are you mad at me?

- No.

- Right? And then you look evil.

- I am not angry.

“Is it because of what I said about the mailbox?”

- No.

“Because I didn’t put the dishes in the dishwasher this morning?”

- No.

“Because of what I said to your father on the phone today?”

- No, not because of this. Why would? You didn't say anything to him.

“Damn,” you think. “That’s right, I said something to her father.”

- And what? What did I say?

- Nothing.

- No, I said something. It's definitely not "nothing" - it's "something".

She shrugs.

Damn it.

“Listen, I was being polite. I didn't say anything that might seem rude in form or content.

“That's all right,” she says with that special intonation that indicates the location of the boot to the ant. “You didn't say anything like that.

Here you are doing a quick analysis, trying to figure out what exactly in that completely innocent, in your opinion, conversation could lead to such an obvious danger.

And then you remember that during the call of your father-in-law, you were watching some interesting program on TV and therefore quickly hung up.

Finally it dawns on you:

"Is it because you think I haven't spoken to him enough?"

Stone silence - just like that, without uttering a word, wives tell their husbands that before those thank God it came.

But still, we love our women, even though understanding them is often not an easy task, and such brief moments of embarrassment are our price for living with those who are not a guy. In addition, there are only two of us in a relationship, and opportunities are distributed fairly.

But what if you have a daughter? How to be then? Most fathers, having learned that they will have a girl, understand with alarm that now they will be taken in number. From now on, you become a minority.

Forever.

A curse!

Not surprisingly, numerous studies show that, in general, men prefer sons, and women prefer daughters. Most explanations have to do with the notion that each gender feels more comfortable around their own. My theory is completely different. It's all about the number. In the vote.

Why is voting important? When you're standing in the video store and choosing what to watch - "Pretty-Little-Barbie-Fairy-Pony-Sussy-Pussy. Part 2" or "Pirates of the Caribbean" - voting takes place. At this point, hands go up, and if you're in the minority, you'll have to pick up a tearful movie about magical ponies, fairies, and damn Barbie.

If you're a minority in your own home, accept that you're in for the pain of watching the dumbest movies. Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about it. I could vividly describe the picture of you, having decided to approach the TV with an open heart and an inquisitive mind, hoping to learn a lot about the world of girls, and this will be a precious moment for you.

No, it won't.

It will only be an evening that you spend on a stupid movie.

Therefore, you will have to deal with such aspects of raising girls yourself. But with everything else, we can still do something.

This book will be small in size - I'm not going to go into unnecessary details. The reason it's going to be short and (relatively) to the point is because I wrote it for men, and we usually don't like idle talk. Personally, for example, I don't like it; It just pisses me off when people use their tongues for nothing.

Get down to business already, I mentally mutter in such situations.

If you are a dad who is raising his daughter alone, this book will be especially useful to you. Raising any child alone is not easy in itself, but it is especially difficult when your child is on the other team. We have a rough idea of ​​how boys think and act - but girls? How do we know what's going on in their heads?

Luckily, there are a few basic principles you can follow to stay on course when faced with the confusing aspects of a girl's life, as well as helpful ways to get out of a hole if you do get off course.

There is another problem: how to deal with a teenager if this teenager is a girl? Relax (as much as possible in such a situation), because I will analyze this topic in detail; perhaps much more detailed than you would like, but it still needs to be done. You must know everything about "women's affairs", and not only in general terms, but also in the most unpleasant and delicate details. If you are the one who has to tell your daughter about "the birds and the bees" and the details of "these things," you should know how it works.

Besides, if you are forced to read this book, I will help you. I have been writing books for parents for a long time, and therefore I know that the vast majority of those who read such literature are mothers. Of course, there are single fathers who will find it on their own, but there is a decent contingent of dads who got into it not of their own free will. Usually mom buys a book, reads it, and then quotes long paragraphs to dad. If he finds these paragraphs amusing and useful, he can read it himself. This is not because we don’t care or we are not interested in our children, it’s just that dads have a different approach to parenting. It seems to us that it cannot be so difficult and it is unlikely that something will go wrong. In general, this is true. Most of us do our job well, some get more scars, others less, but we all move forward in one way or another.

It may well be that this book was placed before you with a hint that you should read it. In this case, I'll help you cheat a little: at the end of each chapter, the main ideas are given, summing up its content.

Read everything if you want - after all, I've tried to fill this book with words and topics that are equally useful and entertaining - but if it's not yours and you just want to be in the know so that she thinks you've read everything, limit yourself to chapter summaries.

Now I must honestly admit that I myself have no daughters. None. On the contrary, I have two sons. And if to be frank to the end - which I think is best at this stage - I'm very happy about that. Not because I think that boys are better than girls or that boys are easier to raise - they're not, they're just different - but because we're outnumbered, and when it comes to picking a movie on a Friday night, it's unlikely to be fairies, ponies or barbies. Unless, of course, it's about how someone hunts fairies, ponies or Barbies, which, of course, is very cool. In any case, I'm glad that I have sons, because watching girly films disgusts me.

I can, but I'm disgusted.

How can I understand the needs of dads who are raising girls if I am not raising girls myself? The answer is that I have been working with dads and their daughters for a long time. I've seen a lot of girls in the last twenty years. I saw everyone, from princesses to evil demons. I've seen well-bred girls, savage girls, and everything in between those extremes. In the process of communication, it became clear to me that the stories about the “weak field” are complete nonsense. Girls may have sweets and spices, but from time to time you will encounter napalm and bear traps. We’ll talk about this later, but for now it’s enough for you to know that although I have never raised girls, I have spent more time and with more families than many of you, learning during this time what is important and what is not in raising little ones. people created from sweets, spices, napalm and bear traps.

There is one thing that I always say in all my books, lectures and meetings with parents: only my personal opinion is given here. It's not set in stone, and I'm not necessarily right. It's just what I think about. It is up to you to weigh my ideas and evaluate whether they are suitable for you and your family. For heaven's sake, don't believe something just because you read about it in a book. I've read a lot of parenting books where someone's stupid opinion is presented as hard fact. Worse, I've seen a lot of books where people write, "Research has shown that..." and then come up with some outrageous, far-fetched nonsense based on this unsubstantiated "research." In the seventh chapter, I will explain in